Vertebral Bomb Radiocarbon Suggests Extreme Longevity in White Sharks

Conservation and management efforts for white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) remain hampered by a lack of basic demographic information including age and growth rates. Sharks are typically aged by counting growth bands sequentially deposited in their vertebrae, but the assumption of annual depositi...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hamady, Li Ling, Natanson, Lisa J., Skomal, Gregory B., Thorrold, Simon R.
Other Authors: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Public Library of Science 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/86085

Similar Items